pares two manifestoes, ib. Returns with an Austrian escort
and circulates them, ib. His troops prepare to arrest their
general, 169. He makes a hasty retreat, and arrives at the
Austrian posts, ib. His brilliant career terminates, ib.
Duncan, admiral, defeats the Dutch fleet off the Texel, iii. 69.
Dundas, Henry, opposes Mr. Burke's reform bill, i. 203. Is
appointed chairman of a committee on the affairs of India,
207. Opposes lord North's retirement from office, 251.
Moves a hundred and eleven resolutions on India affairs,
256. Complimented by Burke on his able reports on India
affairs, 307. Made treasurer of the navy in Mr. Pitt's ad-
ministration, 315. Strictures on his conduct in the affair
of Warren Hastings, 351, note. Introduces a bill for the
better government of India, 355. Created lord Melville,
and impeached by the commons, iii. 319. Resigns his
office and retires from public affairs, 320. See Melville.
Dupont, general, heads a division of the French army in Spain,
iv. 15. His military character, 34. The Spaniards defeat
him at the battle of Baylen, 37. He signs a convention,
and surrenders his army prisoners of war, 39.
Dutch fleet surrenders to admiral Mitchel, iii. 99.
EAST INDIA COMPANY at war with the Mogul, i. 36. Their
affairs brought before parliament, 46. Lord Clive's admi-
nistration of their affairs, 78. They petition the house of
commons for a loan of a million and a half, 79. Discussion
on their affairs in parliament, 204. Establishment of a
judicial court, ib. Code of Gentoo laws exchanged for
British, 205. Reluctance of the natives to its adoption, ib.
Discussions in parliament on the renewal of their charter,
210. Reports of the two committees on their affairs, 256.
War with Tippoo Saib, iii. 101, 102, &c. Death and cha-
racter of the latter, 104. Success of the British troops
under the Marquis Wellesley, 278. Defeat of Holkar,
279. General Wellesley's success in the Deccan, 280.
Termination of the campaign, and of French influence in
India, 281. Lord Castlereagh's statement of their affairs,
295. War resumed in the Deccan, 310. Return of the
Marquis Wellesley to England, 311. See England.
Egypt, invasion of the country by the French troops, iii. 78.
Military operations there under Bonaparte, 80. He quits
the country, and transfers the command of his army to
Kleber, 192. Convention of El-Arish, 193. Assassination
of Kleber, ib. note. General Menou succeeds to the com-
mand of the French troops, 193, note. His retreat, 205.
Capture of the invincible standard, 208. General Baird
arrives with a body of men from India, 210.
Alexandria, 211. Arrangements with General Menou for
quitting Egypt, 212. See England.
Emigrant princes, their letter from Coblentz to Louis XVI.
ii. 110. Their counsels mislead the king of Prussia, 115;
driven by Bonaparte from the Venetian territories, 355.
England, its state at the death of George II. i. 3. Prosecutes
the war in Saxony and Silesia, 13; and in Westphalia, 14.
Successes in the East and West Indies, 15. Declares war
against Spain (1762), 17. Assists Portugal against France
and Spain, 19. Fits out an expedition against the island
of Cuba, 20. Takes the town of Havannah, ib. Captures
Martinico, and the Caribbee islands, 21; and the Philippine
islands, 22. Makes peace with France, 27. Becomes dis-
contented with Lord Bute's ministry, 30. Prosecutes a
war in the East Indies, 36. Colonel Munro defeats the
Mogul, and restores peace, 37. The country distressed by
a scarcity of corn, 45. Protests against the cession of
Corsica to France, 54. Prevalence of discontent (1769),
58. Its inflamed state in the case of Wilkes, 59. Renewal
of war in India, ib. Ravages of Hyder Ally, 61. Com-
mences the American war, i. 102. Sends out her armies to
Boston, 107. Additional reinforcements, 117. Loses her
army under Burgoyne, 142. Her commercial distress in
1777, 143. The militia embodied, 162. Prepares for a
war with France, 164. Court-martial held on admirals
Keppel and Paliser, 171. Admiral and general Howe
demand an inquiry, ib. The same is granted to general
Burgoyne, ib. Accumulation of the public burdens, 172.
A descent on the island, threatened by the combined fleets
of France and Spain, 180. Disturbances in Scotland on
account of the catholic bill, ib. Dissatisfied state of Ire-
land, 181. Riots in the metropolis, occasioned by lord
George Gordon's protestant association, 186. Naval ope-
rations, 190. The combined fleets make important cap-
tures, from the British merchants, 191. Reflections on her
situation (1781), 199. Her troops repulse the French in
an invasion of Jersey, 213. The combined fleets appear in
the channel, 228. Admiral Darby narrowly escapes them,
and returns to Torbay, ib. The French conceive the at-
tempt of attacking him there, but are opposed by the
Spaniards, 229. The fleets dispersed by a gale of wind,
ib. Admiral Kempenfeldt intercepts a French squadron
and convoy, ib. Admiral Parker engages the Dutch fleet
off the Texel, 231. Complaints against the admiralty, 232.
Expedition against the Cape of Good Hope, ib. Stops at
the Cape de Verde islands, and is attacked by a French
squadron, 233. The British capture four Dutch East
Indiamen, ib. Successes of Rodney in the West Indies, ib.
He captures St. Eustathius from the Dutch, 234. Further
depredations committed on the Dutch settlements, 235.
Rodney's conduct complained of, ib. Partial engagement
between sir Samuel Hood and De Grasse, 236. Marquis
de Bouillé attacks St. Lucia, but fails, 237. Tobago at-
tacked by the French, 238. The island gallantly defended
by governor Fergusson, ib. Rodney returns to England,
239. The country gets sick of the war, 241. Many of her
West India possessions taken by the enemy, 259. The
Spaniards project an attack on Jamaica, ib. Rodney again
sails from England, and joins sir Samuel Hood at Barbadoes,
260. They fall in with De Grasse off St. Lucia, ib. The
French signally defeated, 262. Capture of the Ville de
Paris, ib. Loss of the enemy, 263. Brilliant achievements
of Rodney, 264. Dutch forts taken on the coast of Africa,
ib. Hyder Ally ravages the Carnatic, 265. War in the
territory of Benares, 266. Mr. Hastings's conduct towards
Cheyt Sing, 267; and the princesses of Oude, 268. Sir
Edward Hughes falls in with admiral Suffrein, and has
several partial actions, 269. Hyder Ally receives a check
on the Malabar coast, 270. Military operations in the
Mysore, 271. Tippoo Saib pursues colonel Humberstone,
who is relieved by general Matthews, ib. Rash conduct
of the latter in engaging Tippoo Saib, 272. Death of sir
Eyre Coote, and cessation of hostilities in India, ib. Ex-
ploits of the British navy at home, ib. Lord Howe block-
ades the ports of Holland, ib. Melancholy loss of the
Royal George, 273. The Spaniards continue the siege of
Gibraltar, 274. They are now assisted by the French, ib.
Extraordinary preparations made for an assault, ib. Go-
vernor Elliot assails them with redhot balls, 275.
Spaniards relinquish the assault, and blockade the place,
277. Lord Howe succeeds in sending a convoy into Gib-
raltar, ib. The fleets decline an engagement, 278. Suc-
cess of the British during the campaign of 1782, ib. The
continental powers disposed for peace, 279. Review of the
state of the belligerents, 280. Negotiations for peace set
on foot, 287. Preliminaries signed at Versailles, 291.
State of the finances at the close of the American war,
292, note. Agitated state of Ireland, 338. Fails to adjust
the existing differences between her allies in the north of
Europe, ii. 33. A war threatened, 35. Flourishing state
of her revenue in 1792, 40. Progress towards hostilities
with France, 144. Speech from the throne (1793), 145.
Alien bill brought in by lord Grenville, 145. M. Chauv-
lin's correspondence with his lordship, ib. Information
arrives of the death of Louis, 147. The French ambas-
sador ordered to quit the country, ib. Reflections on the
existing state of affairs, 148. Conduct of Mr. Pitt at this
time, ib. Prevalence of alarm for the safety of existing
establishments, 149. Reflections on the conduct of these
alarmists, 153, and note. Impolitic conduct of the latter,
154. The evil greatly magnified by their fears, 160. Hes-
sian troops taken into pay, 162. Pressure of commercial
embarrassments, 164. Sends an army into Holland to as-
sist the allies, 170. Embarkation of the troops at Helvoet-
sluys, ib. Valenciennes surrenders to the duke of York, ib.
Siege of Dunkirk, ib. Nonarrival of a naval expedition, ib.
Retreat of the British, and escape of the duke of Cam-
bridge, 171. Reflections on the posture of affairs (1794),
189. View of the different grounds taken by ministers and
their opponents respecting the war, 198. Her treaties with
different nations submitted to parliament, 201. Dispute
with the United States, 203. Progress of French princi-
ples in the country, 204. Proceedings against Muir and
Palmer, in Scotland, ib. They are convicted, and sent to
Botany Bay, 205. Political societies in England, ib. Their
leaders committed to the Tower, 206. Report of the
committee on their proceedings, ib. Trials of Hardy,
Tooke, and Thelwell, 207. An expedition fitted out to
La Vendee, 273. Its unfortunate termination, 274. Cap-
ture of the Cape of Good Hope, 275. Ceylon, &c. &c. ib.
Meetings of the Corresponding Society, 279. Insults offered
to the king and his minister, ib. State of public affairs in
1797, iii. 52. British conquests in the West Indies, &c.
53. Lord Malmesbury sent to Paris, 55. His negotiations
with the directory prove abortive, 57. Embarrassing situ-
ation of the country, 58. Gloom occasioned by the return
of lord Malmesbury, ib. The bank of England suspends
its cash payments, 59. A committee appointed to inquire
into its solvency, 60. Report of the committee, ib. Naval
operations of the year 1797, 61. Surrender of Trinidad,
63. Discontent in the British navy, 64. Proceedings on
board the Queen Charlotte, 65. The grievances of the
sailors redressed by the admiralty, 66. A fresh mutiny
breaks out, which is again quashed, ib. Mutiny at the
Nore, headed by Parker, 67. Measures of the government
to put it down, 68. Execution of Parker and his com-
panions, ib. A day of thanksgiving observed for the vic-
tory over the Dutch, 69. Lord Malmesbury proceeds to
Lisle to negotiate a peace, 71. The negotiations again
miscarry, 72. Ireland attempts to free herself from Eng-
land, ib.
An expedition sent to the Dutch coast, 99.
Lord Keith blockades Genoa, 146. Exertions for prosecut-
ing the war, 172. The country distressed by a scarcity of
corn, 174. Confederacy of the northern powers, 177. Ne.
gotiations with Prussia, 186. A fleet sent into the Baltic,
which makes an attack on Copenhagen, 187. Resignation
of Mr. Pitt and his colleagues, 188. Ministers refuse to
ratify the treaty of El-Arish, 194. Send an army to Egypt,
under sir Ralph Abercrombie, ib. Disembarkation of the
troops, 195. The British advance under sir Ralph Aber-
crombie, 197. Retreat of the French, 198. Battle of Alex-
andria, 199. Sir Ralph Abercrombie mortally wounded,
203. Defeat of the French, 205. Sir James Saumarez
defeats a French and Spanish squadron, 212. Nelson at-
tacks the Boulogne flotilla, 213. Negotiations between
lord Hawkesbury and M. Otto, 215. Preliminaries of
peace signed, to the great joy of the nation, 216. Lord
Cornwallis sent to Paris to negotiate a definitive treaty,
217. The treaty of Amiens concluded, and its various
stipulations, 218. Reflections on the termination of hosti-
lities, 219. Efforts of France to exclude British commerce
from the continent, 223. Renews her amicable relations
with the continental powers, 224. Amount of her national
debt at the peace of Amiens, 225. Refuses to give up
Malta, 242. Reasons of the government for this, 243.
England delays the evacuation of Alexandria, ib. Insur-
rection in Dublin, and assassination of lord Kilwarden,
275. The insurgents are dispersed, and their leaders exe-
cuted, ib. Blockade of the Elbe and the Weser, ib. An
expedition sent to the West Indies, 276. Compels the
French to abandon St. Domingo, 277. Military proceed-
ings in Ceylon, 282. Exposé of the French government,
for 1804, 296. Appeal to the diet of Ratisbon on the con-
duct of France, 298. Complaint against the Spanish govern-
ment, 301. Mr. Frere instructed to renew his remon-
strances, 301. War declared against Prussia, and an em-
bargo laid on her vessels, 349. Number of ships of war in
commission, 350. Naval exploits in the year 1806, 360.
Dismissal of the Whig ministry, 395. List of their succes-
sors, 396.
Hostilities with the Ottoman empire, 400.
Operation of the Berlin decrees, 406. Exertions in sup-
port of Portugal, iv. 44. A fleet sent into the Tagus under
sir Charles Cotton, ib.; and an army appointed to proceed
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